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Turkish Penal Code (Law No. 5237)

Article 287: Genital examination

Book Two: Special Provisions › Part Four: Offences against the Nation and the State, and Final Provisions › Chapter Two: Offences against the Administration of Justice

(1) An offender who, without a decision of a competent judge or prosecutor, sends a person for a genital examination or performs such examination shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of three months to one year.

(2) The provision of the above paragraph shall not apply in respect of examinations performed in accordance with the provisions laid down in laws and regulations for the purpose of protecting public health on account of contagious diseases.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 287 · Genital muayene

(1) Yetkili hakim ve savcı kararı olmaksızın, kişiyi genital muayeneye gönderen veya bu muayeneyi yapan fail hakkında üç aydan bir yıla kadar hapis cezasına hükmolunur.

(2) Bulaşıcı hastalıklar dolayısıyla kamu sağlığını korumak amacıyla kanun ve yönetmeliklerde öngörülen hükümlere uygun olarak yapılan muayeneler açısından yukarıdaki fıkra hükmü uygulanmaz.

Text as of 1 October 2026 · Official source (Turkish): mevzuat.gov.tr ↗

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